However, word of the massacre spread.

At one farm, they were met by armed resistance.

Slaves as well as masters fought fiercely to stop the attack.

Some of Turner's men were killed and wounded, and the planned drive towards Jerusalem was thrown off stride.

This enabled the militia to arrive and break up the attack.
In due time Turner and several of his followers were captured and executed.
White men in both the South and the North saw little similarity between these insurrections and the American Revolution.